Battlefords News-Optimist

Maybe it was the emotional let down after winning a game seven in overtime, or the short rest between series, or simply the depth and talent of the Humboldt Broncos.

Although school volleyball season is over, the competitive club season is just heating up. The North Battleford Crush U15 team played twice in March, once winning gold and, more recently, being knocked out in the quarter-finals.

Four adults were injured in a single vehicle rollover on Little Pine First Nation at about 3 a.m. Saturday. Cut Knife RCMP along with the Cut Knife Ambulance Service and the Cut Knife Fire Department responded.

Recent warm weather notwithstanding, our Februaries are usually cold slogs through snow and long, desolate nights. Canadians do what they can to escape to sunnier, warmer climes, spending small fortunes on resort trips and cruises.

A 48-year-old man was transported to Battlefords Union Hospital in critical condition following a crash on Highway 16 Monday. The crash, which occurred at around 6:45 a.m., happened about 10 kilometres east of the Battlefords.

Much progress has been made in constructing the Credit Union CUPlex, according to the latest report to city council. Parks and Recreation Director Keith Anderson provided that report Monday night, based on the March 1 site meeting at the CUPlex.

The $375,000 project nearing completion in the pharmacy department of Battlefords Union Hospital is the first of its kind to be installed anywhere in Canada.

The waiting room is stocked with magazines and a children's area, the front desk is ready and the doors have opened on a new private clinic in the Maidstone Mall.

BURKITT , Elizabeth With a great love and sadness in our hearts we announce the passing of Elizabeth (nee:Chiverton) Burkitt on March 6, 2012. Born in Lashburn, Sask on October 1, 1921, Beth was one of eight children born to Frank and Mary Chiverton.

Fans of Jackwagon, the band made up of Laird Brittin, Neil Georget, Ryan Bater and Jay Bottomly, will get a chance to see the band this Saturday at the Windsor Hotel.